“Did you know I was related to Lafayette?”

15Oct07

As the B-52s punch their words into my inner ear, “down, down, down…skedubidub…hrrrrr…ahhh..ahhhahhh…Rock Lobstah!” I recall a few minutes ago when a 20-something guy with a crew cut, backpack, and wild look in his eyes walks into the Starbucks on 76th and Columbus where I’m doing my evening news catch-up, drinking the requisite decaf, checking out [...]

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Jeter

29Aug07

The Red Sox are playing the Yankees right now on NESN.  (That’s “New England Sports Network,” Channel 51 on Comcast cable, for you non-New Englanders.)  Karen became a Yankees fan when we lived in Manhattan.  We both remember a woman named Jenny from Trinity Baptist Church, where K and I met, who was absolutely, hopelessly [...]

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